{"id":4304,"date":"2020-11-05T05:40:09","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T05:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.safebettingsites.com\/?p=4304"},"modified":"2022-03-31T09:21:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T09:21:24","slug":"video-game-revenue-tops-10-7-billion-in-september-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.safebettingsites.com\/2020\/11\/05\/video-game-revenue-tops-10-7-billion-in-september-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Game Revenue Tops $10.7 Billion in September 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

The digital games market kept up its pandemic-driven upward trend during the month of September 2020. According to the research data analyzed and published by Safe Betting Sites<\/a>, the digital games\u2019 market generated $10.7 billion in revenue in that month alone. Compared to September 2019, there was an increase of 14%.<\/p>\n

Across all platform types, there was a notable increase in revenue, with console earnings in the lead. Digital console revenue in September 2020 shot up by 40%. Comparatively, mobile revenue increased by 9% while desktop revenue soared by 10%.<\/p>\n

The top grossing title worldwide on console was NBA 2K21. It sold a total of 1.9 million digital units during the month. As a result, there was an increase of 19% in sales compared to NBA<\/a> 2K20 at launch. Similarly, in-game revenue shot up by 8%.<\/p>\n

For mobile games, Honor of Kings was the top grossing title in September 2020 according to Sensor Tower. The game raked in almost $240 million in that month alone, growing an incredible 87% YoY. Most of its revenue, around 96%, came from China while Taiwan contributed 1.5% and 1.2% came from Thailand.<\/p>\n\"top-mobile-games-by-worldwide-revenue-september-2020\"\n

PUBG Mobile came in second with over $198 million in gross revenue, a 13.3% increase YoY. Once again, China was the top market, contributing 56.5% of the revenue, while the US was second with 12.4%. League of Legends took the lead globally on PC.<\/p>\n